Hosios David
| Name of structure: | Hosios David |
| Extended name of structure: | Katholikon of the Latomos Monastery |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Greece |
| Region within country or main area: | Macedonia |
| City or area within region: | Thessaloniki |
| Date of structure: | 5C-6C |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 6 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Apse |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Christ in Mandorla, Evangelists symbols, Old Testament prophets (?), 4 Rivers of Paradise, water, flora, fauna, river personification. |
| Date of mosaic: | 5C-7C |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 7 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | Yes |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | No. |
| Has analysis been done? | No |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1920s |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Tsigaridas, E., tr. D. Whitehouse, Latomou Monastery (The church of Hosios David) (Thessaloniki, 1988). Grumel, V., 'La mosaïque du Dieu Sauveur au monastère de Latome à Salonique', Echos d’Orient 33 (1930), 157-75. Xyngopoulou, A., 'To katholikon tes Mones tou Latomou en Thessalonike: kai to en auto psephidoton', AE 12 (1929), 142-80. |
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